Wednesday, November 27, 2024
11/27/2024
Touchstone Behavioral Health (TBH) intends to improve the quantity and quality of life for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years through the deployment of a cadre of individuals trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid. The geographic area of interest is the Southwest Valley of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, which includes areas of west Phoenix, Tolleson, Avondale, and Goodyear. TBH intends to coordinate the training of 375 individuals a year for the three project years, resulting in 1,125 individuals trained in offering mental health first aid to adolescents. It is expected that these 1,125 individuals will assist approximately 6,750 distressed youth in accessing vitally needed behavioral health services and other community resources. The catchment area for this project is the southwestern portion of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The total population for this catchment area is 152,077, of whom 15,932 are between the ages of 12 - 17 years (American Community Survey, 2013). Of the total population for the catchment area, 77.7% are White, 9.3% African American, 2.4% Asian American, 1.5 American Indian, and 9.0% other. The majority of residents are Hispanic at 51.1%, and 37.9% of all residents older than 5 years of age speak Spanish at home.
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